2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

The District of Columbia participated in the 2020 United States presidential election with the other 50 states on Tuesday, November 3. District of Columbia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. The District of Columbia has three electoral votes in the Electoral College. Prior to the election, Biden was considered to be all but certain to win D.C.

The nation's capital is overwhelmingly Democratic and has voted for the Democratic nominee by massive margins in every presidential election it has participated in, ever since it was first granted electors by the passage of the Twenty-third Amendment in 1961. Biden's 86.75-point margin of victory was virtually identical to that secured by Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Nevertheless, the District shifted by 0.02% to the right compared with the previous election, likely due to a decline in third-party voting, making Biden the first non-incumbent Democrat since 1988 to win D.C. by a smaller margin than in the previous cycle. Biden still received the second-highest share of the vote in D.C., behind only Obama in 2008. Along with seven states, it was one of eight jurisdictions where Trump improved on his 2016 margins.

Primary elections The District of Columbia held primary elections on June 2, 2020.

Republican primary Donald Trump ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and thus received all of the district's 19 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.

Democratic primary

General election

Final predictions SourceRankingThe Cook Political ReportInside ElectionsSabato's Crystal BallPoliticoRCPNiskanen2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions , Niskanen Center, March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020.CNNThe EconomistCBS News270towinABC NewsNPRNBC News538

Polling Graphical summary

Aggregate polls +Source of pollaggregationDates administeredDates updatedJoeBiden DonaldTrumpOther/UndecidedMarginFiveThirtyEightuntil November 2, 2020November 3, 202090.8%5.8%3.4%Biden +85.0

Polls Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin DonaldTrumpJoeBidenJoJorgensenHowieHawkinsOtherUndecidedSurveyMonkey/AxiosOct 20 – Nov 2, 2020495 (LV)± 6%5%94% – – – –SurveyMonkey/AxiosOct 1–28, 2020969 (LV) –9%89% – – – –SurveyMonkey/AxiosSep 1–30, 2020343 (LV) –12%86% – – –2%SurveyMonkey/AxiosAug 1–31, 2020252 (LV) –16%83% – – –2%SurveyMonkey/AxiosJul 1–31, 2020290 (LV) –8%91% – – –1%SurveyMonkey/AxiosJun 8–30, 2020151 (LV) –11%87% – – –3%

Results

Results by ward WardJoe BidenDemocraticDonald TrumpRepublicanOther candidatesVarious partiesMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%Ward 139,04193.67%1,7254.14%9152.19%37,31689.53%41,681Ward 229,07888.43%2,9188.87%8852.70%26,16079.56%32,881Ward 339,39789.07%3,7058.38%1,1292.55%35,69280.69%44,231Ward 442,48993.80%1,9134.22%8941.98%40,57689.58%45,296Ward 543,32093.96%1,7693.84%1,0182.20%41,55190.12%46,107Ward 656,71990.15%4,3376.89%1,8622.96%52,38283.26%62,918Ward 736,38294.78%1,1342.95%8682.27%35,24891.83%38,384Ward 830,89794.03%1,0853.30%8762.67%29,81290.73%32,858Total317,32392.15%18,5865.40%8,4472.45%298,73786.75%344,356

Notes

See also United States presidential elections in the District of Columbia 2020 District of Columbia elections 2020 United States elections 2020 United States presidential election 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries

References

2020 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

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